Moldova is pursuing a policy of pressure and economic blockade on Transnistria, but Moscow has plenty of skin in the game Trasnistria is a small unrecognized republic, in Eastern Europe, which is internationally recognised as being part of Moldova. On February 28, local authorities convened the Congress of People’s Deputies from all levels of the Transnistrian…

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Moscow will not conduct a trial even when legal obligations are removed, unless the US does so first, a senior diplomat has said Russia is moving closer to withdrawing its commitment not to conduct nuclear tests, but has no intention of doing this unless the US forces its hand, a senior diplomat has said.